1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Moody (2nd season)
CaptainRyan Carfley, Deon Dyer, Billy-Dee Greenwood, Brian Schmitz
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 60,000)
Seasons
  1998
2000  
1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Florida State $#  8 0   12 0  
No. 17 Georgia Tech  5 3   8 4  
Virginia  5 3   7 5  
Clemson  5 3   6 6  
Wake Forest  3 5   7 5  
NC State  3 5   6 6  
Duke  3 5   3 8  
Maryland  2 6   5 6  
North Carolina  2 6   3 8  
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Carl Torbush.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 412:00 p.m.No. 23 Virginia ABC L 17–2059,000
September 116:00 p.m.at Indiana *W 42–3030,245
September 253:30 p.m.No. 1 Florida State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCL 10–4260,000
October 23:30 p.m.at Clemson ABCL 20–3181,737
October 93:30 p.m.at No. 7 Georgia Tech ABCL 24–31 OT46,110
October 161:30 p.m. Houston *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 12–2038,000
October 233:30 p.m.at Maryland ABCL 7–4527,077
October 301:30 p.m. Furman *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–2833,000 [1]
November 61:30 p.m. Wake Forest Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 3–1940,000
November 118:00 p.m.vs. NC State ESPN W 10–641,159
November 2012:00 p.m. Duke
JPS W 38–035,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1999 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Ronald Curry So
WR 6Danny DavisSo
QB 16Bill BighamJr
FB 38 Deon Dyer Sr
TE 82 Alge Crumpler Jr
WR 88 Sam Aiken Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 11Anthony AndersonSo
LB 30 David Thornton So
LB 41 Quincy Monk So
LB 44 Brandon Spoon Sr
DE 49 Julius Peppers Fr
DT 87 Ryan Sims So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 92 Jeff Reed Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

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References

  1. "Heels hit a new low; I-AA Furman routs UNC". The News and Observer. October 31, 1999. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com.